News Stories (01/07/08)

Zimbabwe scorns sanctions calls (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Ghraib inmates sue US firms (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe 'a hero', say African leaders (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe sails through summit unchallenged (The Times) - [text online]

African leaders stay silent on Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Inside Mugabe's torture camps: beaten, maimed and poisoned with weedkiller (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai's tactics criticised by party insiders (The Independent) - [text online]

Government of Russian Federation must do more to help people displaced from Chechnya reintegrate (IDMC) - [Full text of the press release ; View the report].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 25, 18 - 25 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 14 - 27 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 36 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 29, 11 - 24 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Djibril Yipènè Bassolé appointed Joint AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: African Union condemns one-man election, intensifies pressure on Mugabe (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN reports improvement in cyclone cooperation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Thousands displaced following attack on central town of Guri-Eil (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Seaside break in Syria proves too much for young Palestinians (UNHCR News) - [text online]

RIGHTS-KENYA: Doubly Displaced (IPS) - [text online]

Outcome of Zimbabwe polls illegitimate, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: SADC's big headache (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Mining between a rock and a hard place (IRIN News) - [text online]

New joint UN-African Union mediator for Darfur conflict appointed (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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